Mineral Point tribune. (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1869-1938, 1887-04-07

Mineral Point Tribune.
W. H. &B. j. BENNETT, Publishers.
MINERAL POINT, WISCONSIN,
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THE interstate commissioners should
all wear pants REINFORCED by good buck
skin. They have a large job Of sitting
ahead of them.
THERE may be nothing in name, but
two members of the California fish com
mission are named respectively Fish and
Pike.
Patrick WmTE adopted the Hebrew
faith Tuesday at Buffalo, was circumeised
few hours later, and married Lena Levi,
young Jewesa, Wednesday morning.
The special grand jury in the Chicago
criminal court reported twenty three ad-
ditiopal indictments Of "boodlers' in
connection with the crooked operations
of the county board.
The list OF members Of the fftieth
Congress presently a number of pres
Dental names There is a Wash
ington, an Adams, Taylor and Hayes.
Washington, who is from Tennessee,
will be the first OF the name TO sit in con
gress.
PaEsiDEST CLEVELAND is said to be
very fond of Colonel Lamont's children
and makes them always take dinner with
him in tho big state diniRg room at the
white house. That is the next best thing
to having some children of his own.
CAPTAIN SAMUELs, of the Danutless as
scribes the defeat of that boat by the
Coronet to the Interference of Mr.. Colt,
owner of tho dauntless. Captain Samuels
and five Of the crew have left the latter
yacht
A risuISG steamer the "Eagle'-en
gagged in seal-fshing and having $50 men
on board, has been lost on the east coast
Of New foundland. All on board are be-
lieyed TO have persisted
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British yaehtsmen are still determined
to get the Americas cup, and will try for
it again this Summer. The race will be
mors interesting than any Of its predeces-
sors. Let the Thistle como on.
On the strength OF the report that the
cholera IN South America is extending
northward, and has already reached the
Isthmus of Panama, the city authorities
of El Paso, Tex. have established a
stringent quarantine.
CoNNEor1cur las ten ex-Governors still
living, They are @. F. Cleveland, W. I
Miner, A. II. Honey, j. c. Hawley, j. L
English, c. II. Iugerson, G. b. Andrews
II. 3. Bigelow, r. NJ. Waller and H. b
Harrison. Connechcuts Governors
mast be as durable as her woodou nut
megs.
Tur Kansas voting woman is.getting
to be too much, for the men. In the
town of Stockton the latter have agreed
tol women take all the Offices ana en-
tire control of affairs, The Mayor mem
hers of Council, marshal and the cit!
officers are to be women, Its pre- ty tol
erably hard when it comes to that.
ANp now the Microscopical Society o
San Francisco warns people that youR(
spring chickens are full OF the germs o
consumption. The Microscopical SO
ciety probably wants to bear the chicken
market in the hope of getting toothsom'
broilers az reduced cost.
The New York papers all had John Sui
liyans return to pugilism, and regard hi
latest set.to as evidence that his might.
arm is as good as ever John in this af
fair knocked out John Taylor, but th'
fact is Steve is paid so much week to b.
knocked out, and the performance wa
the thinnest kind of hippodrome.
SIDNEY BAErLErr, one of Boston's bes
known lawyers, is So years old, yet hi
bodily strength ia little impaired, an'
he is said never to have exhibited greater
intellectual vigor than in recent argu
ment in an important case that he wa
conducting. We have some old men IL
America too.
Tur will of the late Captain James /
Eads was yesterday presented for probate
in the surrogate's court at Now York
The largest bequest outside his family
is to janis Andrews, of Alleghaney, wh'
is to receive $4,000. To mis- widow an,